Come around to my way of thinking.Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly changes his mind about whether Michigan-Notre Dame is a national rivalry rather than a regional one. Michigan HC Brady Hoke should probably thank Big Ten commisioner Jim Delany's secret coven of necromancers for Kelly's about face. (ESPN)

Kain able to play Saturday? Northwestern HC Par Fitzgerald says that quarterback Kain Colter should be ready to play in this coming Saturday's home opener against Syracuse. Colter left the game against Cal with an apparent concussion. (The Chicago Tribune)

I've seen the future, and it will be.Mike Jones predicts an Alabama vs. Ohio State BCS title game. Jones also predicts Michigan to face off against Oregon in the 2014 Rose Bowl, a Nebraska vs South Carolina Capital One Bowl, and Northwestern vs. Georgia in the Outback Bowl. Illinois, Indianam and Purdue get to enjoy the Hollidays at home with banhammered Penn State. (Off Tackle Empire)